December 10, 2009

Do you have a strategy for social bookmarking and crowdsourcing?

by Deltina Hay

Here is part 7 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my new book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization.

The book is meant to be a guide to building an optimized foundation in social Web for beginners and advanced users alike.

Chapter 7 of the book is about social bookmarking and crowdsourcing using news aggregators, enabling users to save and share their favorite Websites and determine the popularity of a news story, blog entry, or Website through various voting and rating systems. Continue reading →

December 1, 2009

How to advertise your business on Facebook

by Deltina Hay

Here is part 6 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my new book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization.

This book is meant to be a guide to building an optimized foundation in social Web for beginners and advanced users alike.

Chapter 6 of the book focuses on one of the most powerful social media strategies: social networking. Continue reading →

September 21, 2009

Survival Guide Chapter 5: Podcasts, vidcasts and Webcasts

by Deltina Hay

Here is part 5 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my new book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization. This book is meant to be a guide to building an optimized foundation in social Web for beginners and advanced users alike. Chapter 5 of the book discusses … Continue reading →

September 10, 2009

5 questions for the author of ‘Trust Agents’

by JD Lasica

Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, co-authors of “Trust Agents,” at SOBcon in May. (Photo by JD Lasica) It’s always cool to see one of your friends hit the best-seller list, and that’s what just happened to Chris Brogan, the Tiger Woods of inbound marketing. Chris (@chrisbrogan on Twitter) and Julien Smith (@julien on Twitter) have their first book out: Trust … Continue reading →

August 18, 2009

5 quick tips on using LinkedIn to start up

by Christopher Rollyson

How to use LinkedIn to shrink your business cycle: for startups, entrepreneurs and job seekers Continue reading →

July 4, 2009

Survival Guide Chapter 1 Overview

by Deltina Hay

Here is the beginning of the chapter review series I will post over the next few months from my book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization. The book is doing very well, and I even have a couple of 5-star reviews. A big “Thank you” to the contributors and readers of Socialmedia.biz for your support! This … Continue reading →